Robotics Rebirth

RMDumse pointed out a new Product Design
and Development magazine article on what they're describing as the rebirth
of industrial robotics. They describe a recent surge in the use of
robots that are now more intelligent and less expensive than the
industrial robots of the 1970s. The advances in part are due to better
simulation and control software. The article also describes the spread
of robotics beyond the automotive industry to semiconductor
manufacturing and food
processing.